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Tom Tracey has covered Native American culture for newspapers (Grand Traverse Record-Eagle, Grand Traverse Insider and Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun) and radio (KFYI and WTCM). As a teenager, Tom moved out West to work with the Apache, Navajo, Pima and Yaqui Indian communities of Arizona. He now resides in northern Michigan as a guest of the indigenous Odawa and Ojibwe people. Tom serves on the board of directors for Mna Maadizwin (Good Way of Life) and continues to learn the Language (Anishinaabemowin) and the Seven Grandfather Teachings (Niizhwaaswi Mishomis Kinomaget) so that he may share in the lighting of the 8th Fire.